The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1931, Page 14

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

come to Koonibba during the previous week, and
the attendance therefore was only fifteen adults
(natives) besides a few white people. They take
a keen interest in the services and usually listen very
attentively. At Kuragi, one of the larger camps,
there was not a single native on Sunday. We found
afterwards that the main reason for this was that
an elderly native woman had died during the pre-
vious night. The usual procedure then is to bury
the body quickly —the same night, if possible —
and then get right away for a time. On many occa-
' sions I had spoken to the woman about the Savior,
but for some reason, which remains a mystery to
me, she had always’ refused to listen; and there was
never sufficient time for me to have a longer talk
with her. I have no reason to hope that she re-
pented before she was called into eternity. Such
cases are ever an earnest reminder to us not to relax
our missionary efforts, for —
Shall we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high, —
Shall we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny?

Labors of a Missionary Pioneer. — Robert
Morrison, English missionary a century ago to
China, overcame many obstacles in order to give
the Chinese the Christian Bible. When, at nine-
teen, he decided to enter the Gospel ministry, he
undertook the study of Latin. Later, when he
volunteered for foreign missionary service in China,
he studied astronomy and medicine and went to
work for the East India Company and became
a master of the Chinese language. He translated
the Book of Acts, he printed sermons in Chinese in
tract form, the Gospel according to Luke, and a
Chinese grammar.

A Roman Catholic bishop issued a curse upon
all who held intercourse with Morrison. A Chinese
king published an edict making it a capital crime
to issue books on the Christian religion. Morrison
kept at work. After six years’ effort in China he
completed his translation of the New Testament.
He later translated all of the Old Testament except
twelve books, which were rendered by a fellow-
laborer, William Milne. When Morrison died,
two Protestant missionaries and three active native
Christians constituted the entire Protestant Church
in China. :

_ How the People of Our Country Spend a
Dollar.— Of every dollar the average American
spends 24% cents for living costs, 22 cents for
_ luxuries; he wastes 14 cents, gives out 84 cents

_ for crime, 131 cents for miscellaneous things; he

gives 41% cents to the government, invests 11 cents,
and contributes 34 cents to churches and 11% cents
to schools. Would it not be better to economize
elsewhere than in churches and schools? Does it
look right to spend 36 cents of every dollar for
luxuries and waste and only 214 cents for church
and school? Think it over!
Sunday-Schools.— At present 33,751,623 pupils
are attending 320,620 evangelical Sunday-schools
in all parts of the world. Though August Hermann
Francke of Halle, Germany, conducted a Sunday-
school before, the modern Sunday-school’s begin-
ning is generally attributed to the labors of Robert
Raikes of Gloucester, England, 150 years ago.

BOOK TABLE.

25 Jahre segensreichen Wirkens der treulutherischen
Kirche in Argentinien. Ein kurzer Rueckblick.
1905—1930. Redakteur: Pastor Carl F. Truenow.
86 pages. Price, 30 cts. Order from Concordia Pub-
lishing House, St. Louis, Mo.

Whoever is interested in the work of the Missouri
Synod in Argentina will find much in this well-written
book to cause him to rejoice and thank God for so sig-
nally blessing the work of our Church in that country.
Our workers are laboring under great difficulties, and
many are the sacrifices which they bring; but the Lord
of the Church also most graciously permits them to see
that their labor is not in vain. This brief history re-
counts many victories of the Cross.

The following publications are from Concordia Pub-
lishing House, St. Louis, Mfo.:—

The Seminary Edition of Choruses and Quartets,
Classical and Modern. For male voices. Edited
by Walter Wismar. Price, 10 cts. each. No.7. Vere
Languores (Latin, English, German); O Bone Jesu
(Latin, English, German). No. 8. Sing! No. 9.
Dearest Lord Jesus, Oh, Why Dost Thow Tarry?
(English and German).

The two compositions of No.7 have Lotti and Pale-
strina for composers. The words of No.8 are by Prof.
W. G. Polack, and Mr. Walter Wismar is the composer.
The English words of No.9 are by Prof. W. G. Polack;
the composer is Joh. Seb. Bach. The fact that Mr. Walter
Wismar is the editor of this series is an assurance in it-
self that the selections are of best quality.

Good Manners for Boys and Girls. By Amelia O.
Krug. Second, enlarged edition. Price, 15 cts.

What we like about this book (and we are sure. it is
this very same thing that others like and which has
made this second edition necessary) is that the author
goes out from the fact that the foundation for all good
manners is true Christian kindness. Again and again
she brings home the important truth that true Christian
training must result in good manners. We thank the
kind author for doing this so successfully.

KFUO Tracts. No.13. Prayer—Its Use and Abuse.
No. 14. Trifling with Life’s Trifles. No.15. Oourt-
ship. No.16. Weddings—and What They Should
Be. Price, 5 cts. each; 100, $1.25; 1,000, $11.00.

These are four addresses delivered by Prof.W.A. Maier
over Radio Station KFUO, “The Gospel Voice,” St. Louis,

Mo. They contain good, wholesome advice, interestingly

and forcibly put.